First pick
Parc de la Halte Routiere
Park or garden
5.0 ha0.1 km of path
1.8 km northfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.01%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Palmarolle · parks, protected land & trails
Protected land at Palmarolle’s edge: Rivière Dagenais Water Fowl Gathering Area
15 km from town is Lake Abitibi Islands Provincial Park, the nearest provincial park. OpenStreetMap shows one walking route nearby, the Sentier de Montagne à Fred. The largest named area nearby is rivière Maine Water Fowl Gathering Area, 530 ha, 4.2 km away.
Protected land
1%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
8
within 10 km, 7 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
15 km
Lake Abitibi Islands Provincial Park
Walking routes
1
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Beaches
2
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Each figure for Palmarolle, set against Canadian towns
Each figure against the 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (not city hubs or reserves), with the town marked and the typical one’s line. There is no Outdoors grade for Canadian towns; the figures stand beside the country’s towns of 2,500+ without a letter.
Protected within 10 km1%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town0.3%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas7Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes1Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches2Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Among 40 towns its size, Palmarolle is 18th from the bottom for protected land
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (1,425 to 2,587 residents), by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected. Hover for each one’s figures; click for its page.
Protected within 10 km
Palmarolle1%
Towns its size1.4%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Palmarolle7
Towns its size4
Towns in Quebec10
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Palmarolle1
Towns its size0
Towns in Quebec0
Typical Canadian town0
Among its peers, Palmarolle’s strong point is public protected areas, where 13 of 39 top it. For protected land nearby, though, 22 of 39 are ahead.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anmore BC | 22% | 47% | 16 | 5 | 98 |
| 2 | Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska QC | 19% | 0% | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Gracefield QC | 19% | 19% | 34 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | East Preston NS | 16% | 6.3% | 20 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Clearwater BC | 7.7% | 4.1% | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Roberval QC | 6.1% | 1.2% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague QC | 5.8% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | North Frontenac ON | 5.7% | 5.2% | 13 | 6 | 4 |
| 9 | Cap-Chat QC | 5.3% | 0.4% | 13 | 0 | 10 |
| 10 | Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards ON | 4.4% | 1.5% | 9 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Saint-Polycarpe QC | 4.2% | 0% | 11 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Macassa ON | 4.1% | 0% | 18 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Saint-Damien QC | 4% | 3.2% | 22 | 1 | 9 |
| 14 | Unity SK | 3.4% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Sherwood ON | 3.4% | 0% | 19 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | McNab SK | 2.6% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Mandeville QC | 2.5% | 1.8% | 19 | 4 | 7 |
| 18 | Esterhazy SK | 1.8% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | City Commercial Core ON | 1.8% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Caswell Hill SK | 1.4% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 3 |
| 21 | Fossambault-sur-le-Lac QC | 1.3% | 7.8% | 15 | 0 | 14 |
| 22 | Pembina MB | 1.1% | 1.8% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Palmarolle QC | 1% | 0.3% | 8 | 1 | 2 |
| 24 | Burrows-Keewatin MB | 1% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Elmwood AB | 0.8% | 0% | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | Hatley QC | 0.7% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 5 |
| 27 | Munroe West MB | 0.4% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Brooke-Alvinston ON | 0.3% | 0.2% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Rosedale AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | Minchau AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 31 | Lunenburg NS | 0.1% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 5 |
| 32 | Salisbury NB | 0.1% | 2.1% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Dufferin MB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Ekota AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 35 | Satoo AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 36 | Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce QC | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 | Magrath AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Nanton AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Rimbey AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Sexsmith AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Parks, woods and paths around Palmarolle
The town’s parks, woods, protected land and paths, with its named places numbered.
Green: OpenStreetMap parks, gardens, playing fields and woods. Hatched: CPCAD protected areas.© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); CPCAD (OGL-Canada)
Places to walk
2 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Palmarolle
Largest first: Parc de la Halte Routiere leads with 5.0 ha. Numbers match the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap parks, gardens, commons and woods with a name, in the town or within 400 m, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Sizes are the mapped outline’s.
Close to home
Few people in Palmarolle live near a park
Residents of each 2021 dissemination area, at a point inside it, within 400 m (about a 5-minute walk) of a park or playing field mapped on OpenStreetMap.
Within 400 m (0%)Further (100%)
Palmarolle0%
Towns in Quebec52%
Typical Canadian town83%
About 1,400 residents live further than 400 m from one. The typical Canadian town reaches 83%.
Protected areas
1% of the land around Palmarolle is protected
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Palmarolle0.3%
Within 10 km1%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Of those 8, 7 are public and the remainder private. The largest named one is rivière Maine Water Fowl Gathering Area, at 530 ha. One area belongs to a private owner or a land trust and isn’t named here.
Rivière Dagenais Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 45 ha · reaches Palmarolle
Lac Abitibi (Île 2) HeronryProtected area · 24 ha · 0.1 km from the edge of town
Rivière Duparquet (Saint-Laurent) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 78 ha · 2.7 km from the edge of town
Rivière Duparquet (Nord) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 74 ha · 3.1 km from the edge of town
rivière Maine Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 530 ha · 4.2 km from the edge of town
rivière Maine Muskrat HabitatWildlife area · 523 ha · 4.2 km from the edge of town
08251R005 Biological RefugeWildlife area · 182 ha · 6.8 km from the edge of town
Source: Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD) 2.9.0, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
National & provincial parks
Lake Abitibi Islands Provincial Park is 15 km away
National parks (Parks Canada) and provincial or territorial parks by direction and distance from the town’s edge: every one within 10 km, and the nearest of each within 100 km.
National parkProvincial park
Provincial park
Lake Abitibi Islands Provincial Park
15 km west27 km²since 2005
For a national park, people in Palmarolle travel more than 100 km. Sépaq runs Québec’s parcs nationaux, which are provincial parks under another name.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Paths to walk: 6 km in and around Palmarolle
OpenStreetMap footpaths, paths, bridleways and steps, and tracks open on foot, in the town and 1 km around it; woods as mapped (landuse=forest, natural=wood).
Footpaths
5.8 km
in and around the town (193.3 km²)
Woodland
46%
about 89.6 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
PalmarolleTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
PalmarolleTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Woodland46%
0%50%100%
It is more wooded than 82% of Canadian towns. For path density, 95% of Canadian towns do better.
Source: OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Mapping varies by place: a dense figure can mean keen local mappers as much as many paths.
Walking routes
One mapped route to walk from Palmarolle
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
Other waymarked
Sentier de Montagne à Fred4.6 km
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
May is the best month for walking in Palmarolle
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Kirkland Lake, 82 km away). Good months: long days, highs of 15–30 °C, light rain.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 8.7 | 10.1 | 11.7 | 13.6 | 15.2 | 16.1 | 15.8 | 14.3 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.1 | 8.3 |
| High (°C) | -10 | -8 | -1 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 24 | 22 | 18 | 9 | 1 | -6 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 47 | 36 | 43 | 62 | 65 | 74 | 88 | 90 | 88 | 78 | 63 | 54 |
August is the wettest month (90 mm) and February the driest (36 mm). Highs peak near 24 °C in July and fall to -10 °C in January. The climate in Palmarolle →
Beaches
Palmarolle has 2 beaches close by
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Plage Rotaryin town
DirectionsPlage Gendron de la rivière Duparquet3.0 km from town
DirectionsFor water quality, look to the local health unit: no open beach-testing data covers Canada.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Near Palmarolle: one outdoor spot on the map
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Every named place, with directions
Slipways 1
Plus 1 slipway without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Palmarolle
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
La SarreMacamicPalmarolle
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
None of its neighbours has twice the protected land around it that Palmarolle has.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Private land. Land owned by individuals, companies or conservation groups counts toward the figures but is never named: a person’s land isn’t a place to visit.
- Walking routes. Only named route relations count; a park’s own path network may not show unless it is mapped as a route.
- Beaches. A beach counts when its centre point lies within 5 km of the town’s outline. Names come from the map.
- National and provincial parks. Distances run from the town’s edge to the park’s, so 0 km means they touch.
- Protected land. Measured on CPCAD’s outlines: the part of a 10 km band around the town that lies in a protected or conserved area, water included.
Questions about the outdoors in Palmarolle
How much land around Palmarolle is protected?
Within 10 km, 1% of the land lies in protected areas.
What is the nearest provincial park to Palmarolle?
Lake Abitibi Islands Provincial Park, 15 km from the edge of town.
What is the nearest beach to Palmarolle?
The nearest is Plage Rotary, in town.
Are there hiking trails near Palmarolle?
Try the Sentier de Montagne à Fred.
What is the largest protected area near Palmarolle?
It is rivière Maine Water Fowl Gathering Area, a wildlife area covering 530 ha.
When is the best time for walking in Palmarolle?
May: long days, mild highs and little rain.
What is the nearest national park to Palmarolle?
None within 100 km of Palmarolle.
Sources
Sources for this page on Palmarolle
Protected areas: Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD) 2.9.0, Environment and Climate Change Canada, 2026: every area within 10 km and the nearest national and provincial parks, measured outline to outline.
Walking routes and beaches: OpenStreetMap, November 2026: named hiking, foot and walking route relations within 2 km and beaches within 5 km.
Towns: Statistics Canada 2021 Census boundaries and populations; the comparison is the Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+, not city hubs or reserves.
When to go: Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020, from the nearest station that publishes them.
Green space, paths, woods, things to do: OpenStreetMap (Geofabrik’s Canada extract), November 2026: parks, gardens, playing fields, woods, footpaths, the coastline and things to do in and around each town.
Residents: Statistics Canada 2021 Census dissemination areas (population, boundaries), each at a point inside it.
Walking routes and beaches © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL).
Not on this page: trailheads and trail grades, and beach water quality. No open Canadian dataset gives these for every town yet.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).